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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top White House attorney Don McGahn will oversee President Donald Trump’s selection and confirmation process for a Supreme Court nominee to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, the White House said on Monday. White House Counsel Don McGahn speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 22,

(Reuters) – Sweltering temperatures flirting with 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 Celsius) will blister parts of the U.S. Midwest and East Coast on Monday and sizzle at least through the Independence Day holiday on Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. A woman rides a bike on a hot summer day in Central Park, Manhattan, New York,

(Reuters) – Anti-fascist and right-wing activists clashed in Portland, Oregon on Saturday night as violence broke out during a march in support of a conservative Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, media reported. Protesters of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer clash with protesters from anti-fascist groups during a demonstration in Portland, Oregon, U.S. June 30,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities across the United States on Saturday to demand the Trump administration reverse an immigration crackdown that has separated children from parents at the U.S-Mexico border and sparked plans for military-run detention camps. Outside the White House, protesters waved “Families Belong Together” signs and chanted

(Reuters) – Toffee has been saved. Puppy is being lifted out of a hole and reunited with its fosterer in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S., June 30, 2018 in this picture grab obtained from social media video. Instagram/Katie Ziegler/via REUTERS At a little passed midnight on Saturday, with the help of some sardines and a snare, volunteers

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Reuters) – Hundreds of people gathered on Friday evening to remember the five people gunned down at a community newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland, one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history. The vigil came hours after accused gunman Jarrod Ramos was denied bail during a brief hearing in Anne Arundel

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Reuters) – A man who had a long-running feud with an Annapolis newspaper blasted his way through its newsroom with a shotgun on Thursday, killing at least five people in one of the deadliest attacks recorded on a U.S. media outlet, authorities said. The suspect, described as a white man in his 30s

(Reuters) – The 38-year-old man suspected of killing five people at the offices of a Maryland newspaper group on Thursday had a long-running feud with Capital Gazette, attacking the Annapolis-based family of publications in the courts and on social media. Jarrod Ramos, suspected of killing five people at the offices of the Capital Gazette newspaper

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to consider overturning the conviction and life sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the accused mastermind behind the Silk Road website for the sale of illegal drugs to customers worldwide that was shut down in 2013. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S.,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said on Wednesday he plans to retire after three decades as a pivotal vote on the highest U.S. judicial body, giving President Donald Trump an opportunity to make the court more firmly conservative. Kennedy, who turns 82 in July and is the second-oldest justice on the nine-member

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Joseph Crowley, a high-ranking Democrat seen as a possible future leader of the chamber, lost his re-election bid on Tuesday in an upset that highlighted the ideological battles at play in this year’s midterm elections. FILE PHOTO – Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Chairman of the House Democratic Conference, speaks

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its separation of migrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying President Donald Trump’s order last week ending the breakups was illusory. Undocumented immigrant families are released from detention at a bus depot in McAllen, Texas, June 22,

(Reuters) – GW Pharmaceuticals Plc’s epilepsy treatment on Monday secured an approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, becoming the first cannabis-based drug to be approved in the country. FILE PHOTO: A flowering marijuana plant. REUTERS/Chris Wattie The drug’s approval permits its use in patients aged two years and older with Dravet Syndrome (DS)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A meeting between adult film actress Stormy Daniels and federal prosecutors in New York investigating President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen scheduled for Monday has been canceled, a lawyer representing Daniels said late on Sunday. Stormy Daniels, the porn star currently in legal battles with U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government said it still had 2,053 children in its custody who were separated from their parents under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, and set out its most detailed plans yet on how it would reunite families. A woman holds a child’s hand as undocumented immigrant families are released

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – President Donald Trump defended his tough stance on immigrants crossing the U.S. border with Mexico on Saturday, praising his administration for a job well done and saying his approach will make the United States stronger. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Nevada Republican Party Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.,